Brooker, Harry (1848-1940)

Creator details

Name
Brooker, Harry (1848-1940)
Nationality
English
Biography
(1848-1948)<br> Harry Brooker was a painter of domestic genre, especially of children. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Society of British Artists at Suffolk Street. His Victorian interiors and figures are full of period charm, and follow the tradition of the Cranbrook School - Webster and F.D. Hardy. His most characteristic works are of children playing in the schoolrooms of country houses.

Assets (17 in total)

Tug of War, 1891 (oil on canvas)
Too Old to Play
The Toy Carriage, 1887 (oil on canvas)
A Close Game, 1894
A Critical Moment, detail of children building a house of cards, 1889
A Critical Moment, 1889
Playing Shops
Home Talent
The Treasured Volume,1879
A Visit to the Sweet Shop (oil on canvas) (see also 17194)
Busy Hours
The Game of Cricket

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